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When I'm 11 my brother comes home with Slow Train Coming
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Nothing Compares

When I'm 11 my brother comes home with "Slow Train Coming" which completely changes my...

Sinéad O'Connor: When I'm 11 my brother comes home with "Slow Train Coming" which completely changes my life and makes we want to be a musician and makes we want to be an artist and makes me know what kind of artist I want to be - because the song, "Gotta Serve Somebody" - and I was obsessed with Bob Dylan from then on

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When I'm 11 my brother comes home with Slow Train Coming
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which completely changes my life
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and makes me want to be a musician
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and makes me want to be an artist
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and makes me know what kind of artist I want to be
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because of the song Gotta Serve Somebody
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And I was obsessed with Bob Dylan from then on
Duration
17 seconds
Views
99
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:13
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2024
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Tara Films,Ard Mhacha Productions,Field of Vision

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Movie Summary

Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
My mother had this fantastic record collection - Nothing Compares 00:07
My mother had this fantastic record collection
Her musical tastes ranged from John Lennon - Nothing Compares 00:10
Her musical tastes ranged from John Lennon
That was all that was ever on telly, - Nothing Compares 00:04
That was all that was ever on telly,
My father was into cello, - Nothing Compares 00:05
My father was into cello,
My parents separated when I was quite young, - Nothing Compares 00:09
My parents separated when I was quite young,
And she was physically - Nothing Compares 00:07
And she was physically
[tense music] - Nothing Compares 00:10
[tense music]
My mother was a beast - Nothing Compares 00:10
My mother was a beast
My father is the type of man that didn't want - Nothing Compares 00:06
My father is the type of man that didn't want
The cause of my own abuse was the church's effect - Nothing Compares 00:06
The cause of my own abuse was the church's effect...
I spent my entire childhood being beaten up - Nothing Compares 00:12
I spent my entire childhood being beaten up
I'd a terrible - Nothing Compares 00:18
I'd a terrible
[Sinéad]   I began studying scriptures - Nothing Compares 00:06
[Sinéad]   I began studying scriptures
Why were my grandparents so miserable - Nothing Compares 00:06
Why were my grandparents so miserable
So divorce, contraception, - Nothing Compares 00:09
So divorce, contraception,
It was a mortal sin, for example, - Nothing Compares 00:07
It was a mortal sin, for example,
[Sinéad]   I had loved the Catholic church, - Nothing Compares 00:06
[Sinéad]   I had loved the Catholic church,
That was a contract with the holy spirit I made, - Nothing Compares 00:05
That was a contract with the holy spirit I made,
I went into care when I was 14, - Nothing Compares 00:06
I went into care when I was 14,
The place was called "An Grianan," which means "The Sunrise." - Nothing Compares 00:11
The place was called "An Grianan," which means &qu...